Garrison's model of self-directed learning: Preliminary validation and relationship to academic achievement

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 586-596

  Abd El Fattah, Sabry M ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Mediation analysis; Motivation; Path modeling; Self directed learning; Self management; Self monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149417904     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002262     Document Type: Article

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